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Where does “gisteren” come from?

gisteren (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch gestaron, from Proto-Germanic gestra-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyésteros, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyes-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeǵʰ- — day.

gisteren (Middle Dutch): yesterday

Definitions

  1. yesterday

Ancestry of “gisteren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchgestaron—
2Proto-Germanicgestra-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰyésterosyesterday
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰyes-yesterday, the day before
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeǵʰ-day

Words derived from “gisteren”

  • gisteren
  • gister
  • eergisteren
  • eergister
  • gister
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